Sing (?), v. t. 1. To
utter with musical inflections or
modulations of voice.
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.
Rev. xv. 3.
And in the darkness sing your carol of high
praise.
Keble.
2. To celebrate is song; to give
praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
Milton.
Arms and the man I sing.
Dryden. The last, the happiest British king,
Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing.
Addison.
3. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a
child to sleep.
4. To accompany, or attend on,
with singing.
I heard them singing home the bride.
Longfellow.
Sing (?), v. i. [imp.
Sung (?) or Sang (&?;); p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.]
[AS.
singan; akin to D. zingen, OS. & OHG.
singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja,
Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E.
say, v.t., or cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?; voice. Cf. Singe, Song.] 1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune,
or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
The noise of them that
sing do I hear.
Ex. xxxii. 18. 2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
On every bough the briddes heard I sing.
Chaucer.
Singing birds, in silver cages hung.
Dryden.
3. To make a small,
shrill sound; as, the air
sings in passing through a crevice.
O'er his head the flying spear
Sang innocent, and spent its
force in air.
Pope.
4. To tell or relate something in numbers or
verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
Milton.
Bid her . . . sing
Of human hope
by cross event destroyed.
Prior.
5. To cry
out; to complain. [Obs.]
They should sing if thet they were bent.
Chaucer.
Hear it pronounced